Political Quotes

“I suggest the best place to start is not on the floor of the Senate but for a group, on a bipartisan basis, to try to come up with an honest answer to this issue and bring it to the floor and stand together to try to pass this bill in a responsible way. Simply bringing a bill, take it or leave it, a few days, no committee hearings, does not serve the needs we are addressing. This particular bill does not address the problems of malpractice premiums in an honest fashion. The problem with malpractice premiums is a cyclical insurance problem. We have had crises before with high premiums in the 1970s and 1980s. Many States passed changes in the law to address this, some in tort reform and some in insurance reform. This bill does not even look at the insurance companies that are offering medical malpractice insurance. What it is basically saying is that we are not even going to ask the question as to whether these companies are overcharging doctors and hospitals.”